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Wright Pit

Past Producer in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101603
MRDS ID D005414
Record type Site
Current site name Wright Pit
Related records 10227119

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0022, 41.52854 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position NORTH CITY LIMITS (BRIGHAM CITY)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009N 001W 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Analytical data

Result SEIVE ANALYSIS: BEFORE CRUSHING 3" 0.0, 1" = 7.4, AFTER CRUSHING 1" = 100 1/2" = 86.4 #4 = 42.7 #10 18.9 #40 = 8.3 #200 = 3.8 LL == 14.0 PI = NP

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Bonneville
    Rock description Bonneville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0022, 41.52854
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wellsville Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 22.86M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lacustrine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Box Elder

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Wright

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.051HA
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SOON TO BE INACCESSIBLE DUE TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTAH STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS MATERIALS INVENTORY: BOX ELDER COUNTY, 1964

  • Production

    M. EVERTS, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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